This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... psychologist often collaborate with neuroscientists, zoologist and anthropologist A) Neuropsychologist. B) Educational psychologist. C) Biological psychologist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological psychologist. 2. Which goal of psychology aims to change or influence behaviors? A) Describe. B) Explain. C) Predict. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control. 3. Who's stages of intellectual development are sensor-imotor, pre operational, concrete operational and formal operational? A) Piaget. B) Vygotsky. C) Bruner. D) Chomsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piaget. 4. Complete the process of Communication:Sender, Encoding, Message, ..... , Receiver, ..... , Feedback A) Channel, Noise. B) Decoding, Response. C) Decoding, Channel. D) Channel, Decoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Channel, Decoding. 5. Before 1920s. psychology was considered to be the science of A) Physical health. B) Mental life. C) Mental stability. D) Physical stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental life. 6. What is an example of intuitive errors mentioned in the text? A) Scientific experiments. B) Eyewitness identifications of criminals. C) Data analysis. D) Logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyewitness identifications of criminals. 7. Which figure is most associated with developing the theory of classical conditioning? A) John Watson. B) Edward Thorndike. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) B. F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ivan Pavlov. 8. Which type of experiment is conducted in a natural setting or real-life environment? A) Laboratory experiment. B) Controlled experiment. C) Field experiment. D) Observational experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Field experiment. 9. Measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set. A) Median. B) Range. C) Standard deviation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standard deviation. 10. . According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's nature is known as ..... A) Centration. B) Assimilation. C) Conservation. D) Object permanence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation. 11. Which of the following puts theories and principles of psychology to practical and tangible use in the everyday world? A) Applied Psychology. B) Psychological Science. C) Experimental psychology. D) Theoretical psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Applied Psychology. 12. An acronym that stands for the five elements (building blocks) developed by Martin Seligman that account for what makes up the "good life" -an authentic and sustained happiness and well-being A) Character strengths. B) PERMA. C) Flow. D) Mindfulness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERMA. 13. Which describes a consumer psychologist? A) Studies relationships between people and work. B) Studies behavior of shoppers, predict and influence consumer behavior. C) Measures the traits & determines how they influence behavior and the thought process. D) Interviews and tests to determine problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studies behavior of shoppers, predict and influence consumer behavior. 14. Which of the following is NOT a method associated with Humanistic Psychology? A) Psychodrama. B) Breathwork. C) Classical conditioning. D) Gestalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical conditioning. 15. Which part of the brain connects to the spinal cord? A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem. 16. What percent of the population is considered "gifted" (aka have an IQ of 130 or higher)? A) 1%. B) 2%. C) 5%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2%. 17. Peterson and Peterson 1959 A) Conducted a lab experiment to investigate the duration of short term memory. B) Conducted a field experiment to investigate the duration of longterm memory. C) Conducted a lab experiment to test for the sensory memory. D) Conducted a lab experiment to investigate primacy and recency effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conducted a lab experiment to investigate the duration of short term memory. 18. Research suggests that early childhood may be a ..... periodfor the development of language skills, as children pick these skills up more easilythan adults do. A) Longitudinal. B) Critical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critical. 19. Early or harsh potty training can lead to the child becoming an anal-retentive personality who hates mess, is obsessively tidy, punctual and respectful of authority. They can be stubborn and tight-fisted with their cash and possessions. Which stage might this occur? A) Oral. B) Anal. C) Phallic. D) Latent. E) Genital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anal. 20. In a psychology experiment, what is the role of the independent variable? A) It is the variable that is measured. B) It is the variable that is manipulated. C) It is the variable that remains constant. D) It is the variable that is used for comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the variable that is manipulated. 21. Jerry Burger would most likely agree with which of the following statements? A) Obedience toauthority has significantly declined over the past 40 years. B) Obedience toauthority has significantly increased over the past 40 years. C) Obedience toauthority has moderately declined over the past 40 years. D) Obedience toauthority has not significantly changed over the past 40 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obedience toauthority has not significantly changed over the past 40 years. 22. A psychological or physical treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group, but that contains no active ingredient. A) Independent variable. B) Placebo. C) Dependent variable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placebo. 23. The modern study of the brain. A) Neuroscience. B) Biology. C) Technoscience. D) Euroscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroscience. 24. How does the cognitive approach view the mind? A) As a complex system of information processing. B) As a blank slate. C) As a set of conditioned responses. D) As a collection of unconscious desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a complex system of information processing. 25. Marnie is handed a teddy bear and begins to describe what she is experiencing:"This is brown. It is soft. It is wearing a red bow." What historic research technique is she using? A) Introspection. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Dualism. D) Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introspection. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 9Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 10Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books